Debate over global warming? What debate?

One peculiar thing about the so-called debate over global warming is that the dissension is mostly among folks who have nothing directly to do with climate science.

Michael E. Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, EXPLAINS:

The overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that human-caused climate change is happening. Yet a fringe minority of our populace clings to an irrational rejection of well-established science. This virulent strain of anti-science infects the halls of Congress, the pages of leading newspapers and what we see on TV, leading to the appearance of a debate where

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One peculiar thing about the so-called debate over global warming is that the dissension is mostly among folks who have nothing directly to do with climate science.

Michael E. Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, EXPLAINS:

The overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that human-caused climate change is happening. Yet a fringe minority of our populace clings to an irrational rejection of well-established science. This virulent strain of anti-science infects the halls of Congress, the pages of leading newspapers and what we see on TV, leading to the appearance of a debate where

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